First Aid courses
Standard First Aid at work
This statutory First Aid at Work course complies with the current Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. Employers have a legal obligation to make First Aid provision for their employees. This qualification fulfills that legal obligation, and is a comprehensive introduction to First Aid provision.
Course Duration
24 contact hours over 4 days
Delivery
Experienced professional trainers with an active professional interest in First Aid training, coming from a variety of working backgrounds understanding the specific needs of various environments. Our trainers are constantly updating their methods and materials keeping abreast of current best practice from around the world. Trainers typically have knowledge of your workplace and follow Health and Safety approved code of practice guidelines.
Course content
* Safe best practice
* A systematic approach to incident management
* Unconsciousness, causes and treatment
* External bleeding, internal bleeding and shock resuscitation procedures including choking
* Injury, illness, environment
* Burns and scalds
* Poisoning
* Using First Aid Kit and Record Keeping.
What you will learn
* Vital Signs – breathing, level of consciousness, temperature, colour
* Incident Management – a systematic approach to managing first aid incidents
* Airway Management – causes and treatment of unconscious collapse
* Breathing Problems - choking
* Circulation Problems – Internal bleeding, external bleeding and treatment for shock
* Damage – treatment of injury: head, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, leg & arm
* Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
* Common Illnesses – angina, heart attack, asthma, diabetes and epilepsy
* Burns and Scalds
* Poisoning
* Awareness of current regulations
* Safe best practice
* Record keeping – recording accidents, RIDDOR, First Aid kits, disposing safely of clinical waste
Package
* Interactive hands on practical training
* One CPR training manikin per 2 participants
* Easy to follow individual course booklet
* A recognised certificate valid for 3 years External examiners
Revalidation
The First Aid at Work certificate is revalidated by a 12 hour Refresher course, provided that the FAW certificate is within its 3 year valid lifetime, otherwise the full (24 hour) course must be completed again.
Further Details
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